2 1/2 & 3 months

Today Stella is 3 months old! Time flies by so fast. Last night I was laying with her and I was trying to remember being pregnant and what I thought she would look like. I really can't remember much about not having her in my life. She is such a sweet baby. She smiles all over any time you talk to her now. She is really loud and squawks alot! She babbles and smiles and cooes and squeals. She tries to mimic our facial expressions. I find that I say "Heeeyyy.... hey! hey baby!" all of the time and she says something back that sounds just like "hey!" :) So, I guess she's talking, right? She is not rolling over yet but she is trying very hard. She arches her back and picks up her butt while she pushes with her feet. I can't walk away from her while she is on the changing table anymore... the minute I do, that will be the time she gets all the way over (and onto the floor). She is putting on some chub, which I LOVE! Her little cheeks are chubby and she is packing on the leg rolls. She still spits up alot but I guess it isn't affecting her weight gain. She has outgrown most of her 3 month sleepers. She doesn't sleep through the night yet but we are working toward it. She still sleeps with me but I am starting to put her in her crib for a while. I just have a hard time with her being so far way... What is that, like 50 feet? It's alot to me. She is changing from a newborn into a big baby too quickly. She started going to her baby sitter 3 days a week. This is week 3. It is so strange to leave your child with someone who is a stranger to you. I have never had to do that so it was a new experience for me. I won't lie, it was hard. If I were Lennox I would tell the sitter "I can't like to leave my baby with you!" But, Stella seems to be perfectly happy and I am confident that the sitter is a wonderful person. I just don't know her personally so it is a weird feeling. I guess alot of moms have to deal with that feeling. I am just thankful that it is only 3 days a week.

Lennox is officially 2 1/2! He is such a big boy. I laugh at that boy all day long though. He is such a mixture of pure joy and pure hard headedness! ha. He is so stubborn and head strong but also so much fun. He just laughs and plays until the mood hits him and BAM! He's throwing toys and throwing fits and "can't like this" and "can't like that!" Poor guy. His bad genes mixed with his 2 year old tendencies can be a nasty combination! He is officially potty trained. He has even been sleeping in undies for a week! I am so proud of him. We have relaxed a good bit on asking 438 times a day if he needs to go potty. He pretty much tells us now. He usually runs in and says "hurry my peepee is coming!" So, we RUN. He loves to watch his "moodies" and his favorite is still "toy tory tee." I kept asking him to say "toy tory tee" last night b/c it makes me laugh and he said "no mama. I already said that." Well, he told me! Other things he says that make me laugh are "actually" and "also." I'm not sure where he got that from but he sounds so grown up when he says them. He says everything but some things don't come out quite right. When we are in the car and I want him to go to sleep, I tell him we are going on a snooze cruise (I copied my Aunt Renae). He used to say yeah, let's go to "snooze clues." He thought it was a destination but then he would asleep before we arrived! I think he's catching on bc lately he says he can't like to go to "snooze clues." I want to go to my "hone." (home) He also things knights are called "knifes." I tried to explain that it's called a knight, pronounced like "night" time and day time. He said, "no these knifes can't like day time!" Whatever! I will also tell on myself and say that I need to clean up my mouth. I am not perfect so I'm not going to pretend that I am. Last week Lennox got in the back of my car to get in his seat and he said "there's many a crap back here!" I said, hold on... what did you say. He repeated "there's many a crap back here!" Honestly, if you have ever been in my car, you know there was definitely many a crap back there. But, I don't want to have a 2 year old who says crap! ha. I told Jay that was his fault b/c he says crap alot. I am more prone to the s-word. :( I know. We are making a conscious effort to not teach our child to use profanity. Yes, the world thanks me, I know. In other news, last week at the teddy bear clinic at school, Lennox was weighed and measured. 31.4 lbs and 36"!!! WHOO HOOO!!! 2.5 inches since his 2nd birthday. Not bad for 6 months. I am just hoping he will be taller than 5' 5" like previously projected. Yes, that is shallow, I know this and I still hope he is taller than 5' 5".